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1. What role do parents have in NCLB? Download Involving Parents in NCLB (WI Department of Public Instruction: 2004)
2. How do a state's charter school law and NCLB accountability requirements mesh? Download NCLB and Charter Schools (2003)
3. What are the DC annual AYP targets? DownloadDistrict of Columbia Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Annual Targets for Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics(2004)
4. Where can I learn more about DC's accountability plan? Download DC's State accountability plan
5. What subjects are considered "core curriculum" by NCLB (subjects which require "highly qualified" teachers) Download No Child Left Behind: A Toolkit for Teachers (244kb)
6. What must a school do to get out of "needs improvement" status? A school is designated as "needs improvement" when it does not make AYP for two years in the same subject. To remove the designation, a school must make AYP for two years consecutively in every AYP target.
7. No Child Left Behind says that special-education students must meet the same standards as regular-education students. Is that possible? The idea is that schools shouldn't set lower standards for special-education students, and that those students should be taught the same curriculum as regular-education students. Teachers may use different strategies such as smaller class sizes, more one-on-one attention and more hands-on activities. Also, students with severe disabilities may be assessed in alternative ways.
8. In 2005, NCLB is now 3 years old. How has the law progressed?

This is a rich question with nuanced answers. The short of it is that that law has support in principle but the there are many matter that are being ironed out. That ironing requires hard work and that has ruffled some feathers.

The bipartisan publishing group ASCD has done a good review of the 3 year old law. Please review: No Child Left Behind: Three Years On (ASCD: 2005)

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